I knew something wasn’t quite right with John when I saw him that morning. He left the files on my desk without saying a word, without making eye contact. He had that distant, faraway look he got when he stopped taking his medication. Usually he would stay a minute and chat, but on this day […]
Mental Health
Spirit and Mental Illness
After 53 years of living with depression and a ministry increasingly focused on the intersection of religious life and mental illness, I share these thoughts about our biological, psychological, social and spiritual wholeness. Our bodies and brains serve not only a myriad of worldly functions, but are a “sensorium for the Spirit.” Literally every occasion […]
Caring for those that Care
My soul wept when I walked into the cold sterile hospital room where my then partner sat slumped, rocking herself on a hard wooden rectangular box with no blankets or pillow. She looked up at me with anger in her eyes and I instantly knew what was coming…..this was my fault. The sobbing that she […]
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